Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka to join DPJ

Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka to join DPJ

NAGAOKA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) speaks at a press conference, together with her husband and House of Councillors lawmaker Naoki Tanaka (R) and Yukio Hatoyama (C), president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at a hotel in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 15. Makiko Tanaka, who is an independent in the House of Representatives after being ousted from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2002, will seek reelection in the Aug. 30 general election as a DPJ candidate.

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